Hundreds of people gathered for a sit-in in Toronto, Canada on Friday (June 19th) to mark "Juneteenth" and denounce racism.

Millions of Americans commemorated the 19th June 1865 when the last US slaves were freed.

The date's significance has grown this year amid Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th.

Several states already mark June 19th as an official holiday and there is a push for it to be declared a national holiday.

Toronto streets were full of action this Friday. Hundreds of Juneteenth Toronto protestors were gathering for a sit-in on one of the city's most popular streets. The crowd was part of a worldwide movement to defund police services.
The protest, which started at 12 p.m. on Friday was organized by activist group Not Another Black Life (NABL).

According to the group, the sit-in is meant to show support for defunding Toronto's Police Services and ended at 6 p.m. on Friday outside of City Hall.

The crowd is completely blocking College and Bay, which currently remains closed to traffic.
In this video, you can see a crowd of people sitting on the sidewalk, some of them drawing slogans right on the pavement.
Filmed by Kelly Donovan